cruitire

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cruittire, from crott, cruitt (“harp, lute”).

Noun

cruitire m (genitive singular cruitire, nominative plural cruitirí)

  1. harpist

Declension
Declension of cruitire

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cruitire cruitirí
Vocative a chruitire a chruitirí
Genitive cruitire cruitirí
Dative cruitire cruitirí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cruitire na cruitirí
Genitive an chruitire na gcruitirí
Dative leis an gcruitire

don chruitire

 leis na cruitirí

Synonyms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cruitire chruitire gcruitire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cruitire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “harpist”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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